"You just cross yourself more often because it guards you just like a lock on a door. Save yourselves and defend yourselves with the power of the honorable and Life-giving Cross." St Matrona the Blind of Moscow

As we are saved through the death and resurrection of Jesus on the cross, so we are protected by the cross from the onslaughts of the Evil One. We don't wear a cross as a good-luck charm. We wear the cross as a proclamation of our faith in Jesus, our Savior. As Jesus defeated the Evil One by his death on the cross, so Jesus thwarts the attack of Satan by the cross. So make the sign of the cross at times of temptation, calling on the powerful name of Jesus. Let him be your shield and protector, as he fights the battle.